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Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Follow the drinking gourd

Last quarter my Sculpture class helped Professor Andrew F. Scott assemble his commission installation piece for the Jepson Center, Telfair Museum, particularly for the Pulse Festival. Which is a festival that focuses on art created with technology.
He designs his work digitally on a 3D modeling program such as rhino or Maya then uses a laser cutter to cut the pieces out of cardboard, it is just a big puzzle from there. Just a little super glue and man power and bam, there you go. Prof. Scott is awesome. More pics here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/afsart/sets/72157629456690321/with/6932784959/

This digitally-produced sculpture makes
reference to the American folk song
“Follow the Drinkin’ Gourd.” Legend has
it the song may have been used by
conductors of the Underground Railroad
to guide runaway slaves to freedom in the North. Scott’s work is composed
of two elements suspended from the
ceiling in the Jepson Center atrium. A
large gourd form represents Ursula
Major, the Big Dipper. The dipper points
to the North Star, Polaris, shown as
part of a series of globe forms
representing the Little Dipper.

This set documents the assembly of the
Gourd Sculpture at the Jepson Center on
February 20, 2012. The Gourd sculpture
was transported to the Jepson Center in
five parts. The components were then
assembled by students collaborators: